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| CATEGORIES ABOUT O-YATOI GAIKOKUJIN | |
| o-yatoi gaikokujino-yatoi gaikokujin | |
| expatriates in japan | |
| meiji restoration | |
| people in meiji period japan | |
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The goal in hiring the foreign advisors was to obtain Transfer Of Technology . The foreign advisors were highly paid; in 1874, they numbered 520 men, during which time their salaries came to ¥ 2.272 million, or 33.7 percent of the annual budget. Despite the value they provided in the modernization of Japan, the Japanese government did not consider it prudent for them to settle in Japan permanently. After training Japanese replacements to take over their places, many found that their contracts (typically for three years) were not renewed. Some foreign advisors supplemented their activities as government employees by undertaking Christian Missionary activities. The system was officially terminated in 1899 when Extraterritoriality came to an end in Japan. Nevertheless similar employment of foreigners persists in Japan, particularly within the national education system and Professional Baseball . Until 1899, more than 800 hired foreign experts continued to be employed by the government, and many others were employed privately. NOTABLE O-YATOI GAIKOKUJIN Agriculture Medical Science
Law, Administration and Economics
Military
Natural Science and mathematics
Engineering
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Art and Music
Liberal Arts, Humanities and Education
Missionaries
Others
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